The vehicle drove out of the gate of Zhou's villa and slowly drove on the main road of Banlinwan villa area.

This was the Nth time that Cheng Bai peeked through the rearview mirror. The man in the back seat who had been sitting with the air conditioner on finally raised his eyes and gave him a cold look.

Their eyes met briefly in the rearview mirror, and Cheng Bai shuddered.

"Tell me, how did you get lost?"

Chi Yuheng spoke softly, sitting casually on the leather seat with his long legs crossed.

"It's not really lost..."

Cheng Bai laughed dryly, "Actually, when I first followed her out, I had already stopped Miss Li. But when she heard that she was going to ride in the same car with you, she immediately set her injured foot on fire and ran away in a panic."

"Look at that posture. If I dare to chase her, she will dare to drag that foot and run a marathon with me in Banlin Bay."

"Pfft! That sounds like something she would do."

Chi Yuheng curled his lips, his voice carrying a faint smile, as if he was talking to himself.

Seeing his expression finally relax a little, Cheng Bai secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile:

"Boss, don't worry. I checked with the taxi app before you came out. There are no drivers who will accept orders if you place them here."

"I guess Miss Li hasn't left Banlin Bay yet."

"And if my estimate is correct, as long as Ms. Li doesn't move at my marathon pace, she can at most reach the gate of the Banlinwan Villa District."

"Then what are you still hesitating about? Why don't you go catch up with me?"

Chi Yuheng glanced at him lazily, and a smile seemed to appear on the corner of his lips again, "Cheng Bai, if you can't pick up the person I want to pick up later, your year-end bonus this year will be reduced by half."

"what--!!!"

Cheng Bai's wail was only half uttered when his eyes met his boss's again. He immediately shrank his neck and pouted in grievance.

"But if I find someone later, this year's year-end bonus... will be doubled."

Chi Yuheng gasped as he uttered the second half of the sentence. Cheng Bai, who was as frosted as an eggplant in the previous second, bared his teeth in the next second.

"Boss, rest assured, I will complete the task!"

Freeing one hand, Cheng Bai quickly saluted the rearview mirror, then gripped the steering wheel with both hands and silently increased the speed of the car.

After running a short distance, he couldn't help but ask out of curiosity:

"Boss, can I ask a question?"

"Speak." Perhaps thinking about the meeting soon, Chi Yuheng's mood improved significantly.

"Um, that's the USB drive you asked me to organize before leaving. Have you given it to Miss and Mr. Zhou?"

"What? Are you afraid that the hard work of your assistant Cheng will go to waste?" Chi Yuheng raised his eyebrows.

"No—" Cheng Bai smiled embarrassedly, "It was when we were eavesdropping at the door just now..."

"Who was eavesdropping?" Chi Yuheng interrupted directly, "It was obviously because they were talking too loudly in the room, and I happened to hear it when I was passing by."

"Oh—Boss, you're right! It's all their fault for talking too loudly."

Seeing the man in the back row nod in satisfaction, Cheng Bai continued, "But, from what Miss Li said, it seems she only intends to use the fact that Master Chengfeng cheated on Lin Wanrou to break off the engagement. She never mentioned the fact that Lin Wanrou colluded with the Second Young Master of the Ding family to drug her. If we say it so rashly, will it..."

Cheng Bai's original intention was to fear that Li Siwei's plan would be ruined.

Unexpectedly, the man in the back row spoke calmly before he could finish.

"No, Li Li's goal is to cancel the engagement with the Zhou family. If she doesn't give the USB drive away today, I'm afraid... it won't be so easy to cancel the engagement."

Cheng Bai: ???

He frowned in doubt and wrote a question mark on his forehead.

Chi Yuheng: "Do you know how Li Li and the Zhou family's engagement came about?"

"I know." Cheng Bai nodded.

Ever since attending the engagement party, Cheng Bai has taken the time to investigate the matter these two days.

After gathering his thoughts, he continued, "It's said that the two elders of the Zhou and Li families were good friends. When he was young, Mr. Zhou once helped Mr. Li a great favor, and Mr. Li was grateful. Therefore, over the past few decades, the two families have always been very close."

"The marriage between the two families was also intended to strengthen their friendship. It was proposed by Mr. Zhou, approved by Mr. Li, and was a verbal agreement."

"Yes."

Chi Yuheng tilted his head to look outside the car and continued, "But the person we were engaged to wasn't originally targeting Li Li and Cheng Feng."

"According to the original agreement between the two families, if Mr. Zhou and Mr. Li gave birth to a son and a daughter respectively, the two families would become even closer and become in-laws. Unfortunately..."

"On Mr. Zhou's side, he had three sons in a row, while on Mr. Li's side, he only had Uncle Li as his only son."

"So, this verbal engagement was canceled."

Hearing the man call out "Uncle Li" with a normal expression, Cheng Bai, who was driving in front, couldn't help but complain in his heart:

Tsk tsk tsk! Nothing has happened yet, and the name has already been changed.

On the day of the engagement party, he kept calling me Mr. Li and was extremely polite.

Now I'm afraid he can't wait to ask Miss Li for a formal status so that he can enter the family openly...

"You've been with me for so many years, you should have some understanding of my brother-in-law."

Ignoring his chirping, Chi Yuheng stared at the shadows of the trees receding outside the car and continued:

"Ever since my eldest sister married into the Zhou family, Mr. Zhou chose Zhou Mingzhang as the heir to the Zhou family and began to gradually delegate power, handing over the entire Zhou family and Zhouzheng Group to him."

"It's a pity that my brother-in-law is arrogant, self-willed, simple-minded, and has no talent for business."

"In the early years, because his two younger brothers were dissatisfied, they often secretly put obstacles in his way."

"After that, with the help of my eldest sister, he finally took down his two brothers and completely controlled the Zhou family. But then, in his eagerness to prove himself, he was reckless and hastily launched several projects, and they all ended up in trouble."

"In the beginning, in order to fill the hole he left, my eldest sister often went home to cry to my parents and seek help from our family."

"Actually, we're all relatives. It's not a big deal to lend a hand when we're in trouble, especially since the Zhou family still has roots in Haicheng. Even if we give him some projects and businesses, it won't matter to the Chi family."

"But my brother-in-law is a man with a deep throat and is greedy for fame and fortune. My father and my eldest brother have clearly pointed out the direction and opportunities for him, but he still deludes himself that the Chi family will put the ready-made fruits into his mouth."

"Once or twice, my family could tolerate it for my eldest sister's sake, but over time, he clung to the Chi family like a leech, and my father and eldest brother began to feel dissatisfied."

"To prevent his appetite from getting too big and causing a more difficult situation in the future, my eldest brother, at my father's instruction, stopped supporting the Zhou family."

Cheng Bai:!!!

This is the first time I’ve heard these inside stories from my boss.

Blinking in surprise, he asked, "And then?"

"Later? Ha!"

Chi Yuheng sneered and finally looked away. "Without the support of the Chi family, he can't accomplish anything on his own. He doesn't want his eldest sister to interfere in the Zhou family's business, so he has set his sights on the Li family."

"Boss, you mean..."

"Yeah." Chi Yuheng nodded after a faint response. "Yes, that's how Li Li and Cheng Feng got engaged."

"In order to find a long-term partner for him and the Zhou family, I, his brother-in-law, remembered how his father had once helped Old Master Li. Using the excuse of returning the favor, I pressured Uncle Li into accepting the verbal engagement that had been put on hold for decades!"

"Oh my god! How shameless!"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Cheng Bai immediately realized that he was just an assistant and what he said was somewhat inappropriate.

But after hearing this, Chi Yuheng curled his lips and smiled.

"Yes, it's so shameless!"

Cheng Bai looked at the rearview mirror and opened his eyes wide in shock.

Vocal! Did he hear that right?

Why did I feel that the boss's tone just now sounded a bit gnashing of teeth?

Just as he was thinking, the steering wheel turned and he caught a glimpse of a slender, light-colored figure out of the corner of his eye.

"Hey—!"

Just step on the brakes all the way down.

Chi Yuheng, who was sitting in the back seat, was shaken and was about to ask him what was wrong.

As a result, you can hear the excited voices from the front row, echoing in the extremely well-sealed compartment.

"BOSS! BOSS! It's Miss Li! Miss Li!"

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